Sky Nursery goes batty on Saturday, October 16

Monday, October 11, 2010

Saturday, October 16, 11 am - 12 noon
Bring Back the Bats!

They fly in the dark and hang by their toes. Wanna learn more? Sky Nursery knows! 

Saturday at 11, Barb Ogaard from Bats Northwest returns to Sky Nursery to teach you the deep, dark secrets of these furry little flyers and… she'll have REAL LIVE BATS! 

Space is limited for this popular seminar, so come early for a seat. This Sky Nursery event is family-fun…and free, but donations may be given to Bats Northwest. 

Sky Nursery,18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133, 206-546-4851.

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Memories of the Market - closed for the season

The last outdoor farmers' market of the season was held at Lake Forest Park Towne Center on Sunday, October 10. There was still a bounty of fruits and vegetables for sale. Apples are in season, as are squash, carrots, peaches, flowers, and a multitude of other freshly picked, organically grown produce.

Some of the vendors will be back for the indoor winter markets, which will be held Sunday, November 21, and Sunday, December 19, 11 am to 4 pm at Third Place Commons, upstairs next to the stage.
All photos by Steven H. Robinson
 
  


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WAGS dog show at the Farmers' Market

Tails were wagging at the W.A.G.S. dog fashion show at Lake Forest Park on September 27. High stylin' pups and their owners showed their form on stage, displayed amazing talent (sit, stay, walk) and generally had a good time for a good cause.

The events were sponsored by WAGS "Working with Animals" to generate support for the Pet Partners program at Seattle Children's Hospital.

All photo by Steven H. Robinson.

Welcome to W.A.G.S.
Contestants line up with their owners
Melanie Granfors of Shoreline Fire and Greg McKinney, Shoreline East Storefront

Seattle Pug Rescue
Small Dogs
Frou-frou dogs
Big dogs

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Destination: Sign up for public tour of the Alaskan Way Viaduct

Photo by Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons
From WSDOT

If you’ve ever been curious about this 1950’s highway marvel, now is your chance to get an up-close, car-free view. On the morning of Saturday, October 16, Alaskan Way Viaduct experts will lead a guided public walking tour of the viaduct’s south end. You’ll learn about active construction to replace the southern mile of the viaduct, and the proposed bored tunnel alternative for replacing the viaduct along the central waterfront, the part with the view.

If you would like to participate in the tour, send an e-mail or call 1-888-AWV-LINE (298-5463) and leave a message with your contact information. We will send you a confirmation e-mail with your tour time and other details. No children under the age of 16 or pets are allowed on the tours for safety reasons.


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Meridian Park teacher honored as Seahawks/Symetra Hero in the Classroom

Mollie Merkley.  Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools.
Mollie Merkley, Title I teacher at Meridian Park Elementary, is the third Shoreline School District recipient of the Heroes in the Classroom program sponsored by the Seattle Seahawks and Symetra Financial.

Symetra Heroes in the Classroom is a community program that recognizes Shoreline, Renton and Seattle teachers for outstanding leadership and instructional skills during the Seattle Seahawks season.

Merkley was surprised by Symetra and the Seahawks at a special assembly at Meridian Park on October 4 and will be recognized prior to the Seahawks home game against the Arizona Cardinals on October 24. She received a team jersey; two tickets to the Seahawks game and on-field passes; and a $350 Office Max gift card for classroom supplies.
Merkley was nominated by a Meridian Park co-worker who wrote in part: “Mollie has been a role model for teachers and a master teacher of students of all ages as our Title I teacher. Her philosophy as a teacher has always has always included teaching the whole child, encouraging lifelong problem-solving skills and participating in the classroom community. Students who come to her class develop listening, attending, participating and effort skills as their needs are met and they experience success.”
Twenty-four teachers from the three districts will be selected and honored in their classrooms and on the field during Seahawks home games this season.

In addition, Symetra and the Seahawks will make a $10,000 donation to three participating schools following the 2010 season. Funds will be designated to support a specific student achievement program at each school.

Nominations of teachers can be made at Seattle Seahawks/Symetra Heroes in the Classroom website


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Central Market knows how to celebrate Halloween


Central Market Shoreline, Aurora Square
Central Market doesn't have just one fall event - they have four, culminating with a Halloween party on the 31st.

The kick-off was this weekend, with the annual Great Pumpkin weigh-in.  Growers hauled in their giant pumpkins to be weighed and were happy to share their expertise with visitors.
Carver Russ Leno
There were free hayrides, and to eat, there were pumpkin brats, pumpkin bisque, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin ice cream and hot cider.

Only 250 pounds.  Photo by Steven H Robinso
World Champion pumpkin carver Russ Leno created a masterpiece while people watched.

If you missed this event, not to worry, because, except for the giant pumpkins, Central Market is going to do it all over again on the weekends of October 18-19 and October 25-26.

On Halloween, October 31, there will be an all-out Halloween Party from 5 - 7:30 pm.
Once again Central Market hosts the Annual Community Halloween Party! Last year more than 1,200 kids visited the Market and enjoyed tractor hayrides, inflatable fun houses, cupcake walks, treat bags, picture taking, trick-or-treat stations and more! We are planning for another fantastic party this year, so get your costume on, gather up the kids, and come down to the Market and enjoy the safe, family-oriented community atmosphere.
Tractors and wagon rides.  Photo by Steven H. Robinson.
 All photos by Steven H. Robinson


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Shoreline Schools completes $80 million bond sale

Sunday, October 10, 2010


The Shoreline School District this week successfully sold $80 million in general obligation bonds from the 2010 issue approved by voters last February for the modernization/replacement of Shorecrest and Shorewood High Schools.

The bond sale will produce funds when needed to begin the Shorecrest and Shorewood construction projects next year, while achieving the tax collection amounts communicated to voters. It was noted by the District's consultants that it is highly unusual to be able to sell this large quantity of bonds without increasing the overall tax collection in the District.

The District benefited from its strong bond rating and interest rates at near-historic lows in making the sale this week with the assistance of Seattle-Northwest Securities. Although most bonds are sold to large institutional investors, Seattle-Northwest was able to make bonds available to retail investors in the District.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its school district issuer credit rating (ICR) to 'A+' from 'A' on the Shoreline School District. S&P says its raised rating "reflects the district's improved financial performance as a result of management cost adjustments and strong voter support for levy measures."

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed its 'Aa2' underlying rating for the District.
"After a period of negative unreserved general fund balances, the district has been able to improve its financial performance beginning in fiscal 2008. The financial recovery follows the new management's actions to adjust staffing levels given declining enrollment, the closure of two elementary schools, and other program reductions and adjustments," notes Standard and Poor's credit analyst Bea Chiem.

S & P said the stable outlook on the long term ratings for Shoreline reflects its "expectation that the district will continue to adequately manage its spending in light of its declining enrollment trend and expected state revenue reductions. Over the intermediate term, we may raise the rating if the District can maintain good fund balances and structurally balanced budgets."

In its own report, Moody's noted the District's financial position improved significantly in recent years, streamlining operations by closing underutilized facilities, enacting new financial procedures, conservatively managing staff levels, and reducing non-essential programming.

The services said their ratings reflect the district's:
  • Strong wealth and income indicators supported by its central location
  • within the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett economy;
  • Diverse, residential property tax base; and
  • Moderate overall debt levels of 3.2 percent of assessed value (AV).
The new bonds are being issued from the District's 2010 authorization for the modernization / replacement of the District's Shorecrest and Shorewood high schools. An improved rating makes bonds more attractive to investors.

--Shoreline School District 


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New business in LFP: Victoria Rhoades, ND


Victoria Rhoades, ND is open for business at 16840 Bothell Way NE, in Lake Forest Park. Dr. Rhoades is a naturopathic doctor whose goal is to help people get healthy and stay healthy, using tools provided for us by nature.

Dr. Rhoades is ready to help, whether you are looking for care for an infection, have a stubborn, chronic illness, or want a general annual wellness exam. She spends the time to get to know her patients, especially with the first visit. She sees adults and children both, and accepts insurance.

She uses foods and simple lifestyle changes to achieve steady, lasting results. Such methods frequently result in resolution of several complaints rather than just a single issue. 

When needed, she will prescribe herbs or supplements that are targeted to the individual; she is happy to educate you on supplements that you may already take, as well. Occasionally she adds a simple homeopathic remedy. Rarely, she may prescribe a medicine from a pharmacy.

Victoria Rhoades, ND
She has several projects in the works at this time, including writing a book on natural help for perimenopause.

She conducts seminars on the benefits of detoxification accomplished by eating healthy foods, combined with specific techniques for helping to remove everyday toxins from our bodies. 

This detox will frequently help to “hit the reset button” when we have become accustomed to illness and need a little extra boost to set us on the path to wellness. 

In her spare time, Dr. Rhoades loves to cook, work in her garden, and dance. You may contact her at 206-295-1211, or visit her website. The website includes a map with directions to the clinic parking lot, which is across Bothell Way from the LFP Towne Center. Online booking is available through her website.




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Out of a mother's pain, safety for others


From our NewsPartner The Seattle Times, a review of the book "Out of Nowhere" by Robin Abel and author Peggy Sturdivant. Abel will speak, read from the books, and sign book copies on Tuesday, October 12, 7 pm, at Third Place Books at 17171 Bothell Way NE Lake Forest Park (where Ballinger Way meets Bothell Way, upper level of mall).
You might think that Robin Abel would get tired of telling the story about how her daughter was critically injured and blinded when a piece of furniture fell off a rented trailer, broke apart and a part of it bounced through her daughter's windshield.

It's a story about a preventable accident with an unhappy ending, a story that often moves her, and her listeners, to tears.  But Abel doesn't get tired of telling that story. In fact, doing so has become her mission

"I cry everyday, but I know that this is what I'm supposed to be doing. I know without a doubt that I am saving lives," she said.

Because of Abel and her refusal to stop telling the story, the state now has a law — known as Maria's Law, named for Abel's daughter, Maria Federici, — that criminalizes a person's failure to properly secure a load when an injury or death results.

Because of her, thousands of citations for unsecured loads are issued at waste-disposal sites where only handfuls were issued before.

Because of her, she says, people now know to move away from a truck or a trailer that is loaded in a hazardous fashion.
The complete story here.

Rep. Ruth Kagi
Rep. Ruth Kagi sponsored Maria's Law and was asked to speak at the event. However, she is scheduled to participate in a candidate forum in Richmond Beach that night and will be unable to be at the author event in LFP.

Representative Kagi was key to passage of Maria's Law and has become a major advocate for road safety and transportation. She has always been personally affected by the death of a close friend due to an improperly unsecured load, and it was the death of a local father in her district that was the first test of Maria's Law. 

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The Driftwood Players present...A Hallowe'en Trick or Treat

The Driftwood Players present a special for Halloween - Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Scott Francis.
"Man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself... Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."
So wrote psychoanalyst C.G. Jung, in 1938. Jeffrey Hatcher agrees. In his inventive retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic thriller, the transformations of Hyde deepen and intensify as the conflict of good vs. evil, civilization vs. savagery is played out to its devastating conclusion.

Smart, violent, and intense, this version is suggested for adults only.

One week only. Performances are October 28, 29 and 30 - Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at 9:13 pm.

Featuring: Terrence Boyd, Wes Chick, Greg Cochran, Lorrie Fargo, Kelsey Hamilton and Kirk Peterson

All tickets are $12. For tickets, call 425-774-9600 or purchase on-line.


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Book Review by Aarene Storms: Shiver


Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Seventeen-year-old Grace has been fascinated with the wolves that live in the woods near her Minnesota town ever since she was attacked by the pack as a child and then rescued by a single wolf.

Eighteen-year-old Sam has been fascinated by Grace since the day of her attack--the day that he, in the form of a wolf, rescued her and returned her safely to her home.

Grace and Sam finally meet up in human form when he is injured by hunters. The teens quickly fall in love...but how long can their love last? Soon, the winter cold will force him back into the shape of a wolf...and this time, the change may last forever.

This tale of star-crossed lovers is a natural choice for fans of Twilight as well as readers who want a supernatural romance with better writing than most of the current vampire books available. There is some implied (off-page) violence when local hunters decide to kill the wolves, and some tactful ("Star Trek"-style) sex scenes between Grace and Same.

Shiver is the first in a series; book #2 Linger was released July, 2010.

Recommended for readers ages 12 to adult.

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CORRECTION: Shorewood swimmers met Kamiak, not Shorecrest, Thursday


By Evan Smith

We incorrectly reported a few days ago that the Shorewood swimming team was to meet Shorecrest Thursday.

In fact, Shorewood and Shorecrest had met September 21, with Shorewood winning 110-76. The Thursday meet was between Shorewood and Kamiak with Shorewood winning, 125-55.

Shorecrest swims at Oak Harbor Wednesday at 3 pm. Shorewood plays host to Edmonds-Woodway and Mountlake Terrace Thursday at 3:30 pm at Shoreline Pool.

Thursday, October 7, at Kamiak Pool
Shorewood 125, Kamiak 55

200 medley relay— Shorewood (Annika Stenfjord, Shayla Allen, Dana Michaels, Alicia Hoverson) 2:02.21; 200 freestyle— Dana Michaels (Sw) 1:58.18; 200 individual medley— Annika Stenfjord (Sw) 2:21.77; 50 freestyle— Anni Hecker (Sw): 26.33; Diving— Sariha McIntyre (Sw) 122.45; 100 butterfly— Samantha Taylor (Sw) 1:10.89; 100 freestyle— Anni Hecker (Sw) :57.39; 500 freestyle— Dana Michaels (Sw) 5:12.58; 200 freestyle relay— Shorewood (Alicia Hoverson, Emily Blalock, Tyanna Denova, Anni Hecker) 1:48.21; 100 backstroke— Annika Stenfjord (Sw) 1:04.68; 100 breaststroke— Mia Young (Sw) 1:21.66; 400 freestyle relay— Shorewood (Anni Hecker, Annika Stenfjord, Emily Blalock, Dana Michaels) 3:47.75.


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OSPI in Shoreline for public input on new school standards in language and math

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will make five stops statewide to share information with the public about the state’s possible adoption of the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.

The Common Core Standards Public Forum in Shoreline will be on Monday, October 25, from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Shoreline Conference Center, Mount Rainier Room. This is the old band room at the north end of the center, where the City Council used to meet.   

An online survey is also available for public input.

OSPI will deliver a detailed report on the common core standards in January 2011 to the state Legislature. The report will include a comparison of common core and current state learning standards, an estimated time line for implementation, the cost to the state and districts to implement them, and information about whether or not Washington should make additions to the common core English language arts and mathematics standards.

The legislature will review the new standards during the 2011 legislative session. If adopted by the legislature, implementation will not occur until after the end of session.

Washington is one of 48 states, two territories and the District of Columbia that agreed to consider adopting common core standards in 2009. In July 2010, State Superintendent Randy Dorn provisionally adopted the common core standards. To date, about 30 states have formally adopted the standards, and more are expected to in the coming months.

The public forum will include information on how the new common core K-12 standards for English language arts and mathematics were created and how they build toward college and career readiness. In addition, the forum will contain information about:
  • The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) that was recently awarded a four-year $160 million grant to develop an assessment system for grades 3-8 and high school that is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. 
  • How the public can provide input so OSPI can determine what the transition would mean for Washington schools and districts. 
  • The process that would lead to the successful implementation about the common core standards if the state formally adopts them. OSPI will seek input from those attending about the resources schools and districts will need if the common core standards are formally adopted.


The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is the primary agency charged with overseeing K-12 education in Washington state. Led by State School Superintendent Randy Dorn, OSPI works with the state’s 295 school districts and nine educational service districts to administer basic education programs and implement education reform on behalf of more than one million public school students.

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Letter to the Editor: Vote for Maralyn Chase for State Senate

To the Editor:

As a long time opponent of Maralyn Chase at the local level, I never thought I would hear myself saying this but I now urge all Democrats, Independents and Republicans to come together to support Maralyn Chase. I could go into the many arguments I have had with her involvement with the City of Shoreline over the past twelve years, including the recent very short-sighted opposition of the 32nd Democrats to the City of Shoreline Proposition 1, but right now, let me list a few of the reason why we need to elect Maralyn to represent us in Olympia:

1. In the Washington State House, Maralyn has had a good voting record as she has consistently supported progressive legislation.
2. Maralyn has consistently supported working people through the legislative process. This is one reason she has always received the support of organized labor.
3. There is a real chance that the Democrats could lose control of the state senate. A few decades ago when the Republican Party in Washington was truly moderate with a consistent focus on the environment, this would not have been a problem. But, as they say, “this is not your father’s Republican Party.” Everything I see would indicate that Washington Republicans are a reflection of the national Republican Party. This means an anti-environment party controlled by the very rich and the large corporations with many of their hidden election contributions now coming from overseas companies and governments (yes even in Washington State).

Of course we want to vote for our many great candidates, including Patty Murray, Jay Inslee and Ruth Kagi; but it is also very important to vote for Maralyn Chase. She will help make sure that we have a progressive, working government in Olympia.

Dennis Heller
Shoreline 

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SCC Soccer Sweeps Skagit Valley on Saturday

Saturday, October 9, 2010


SCC Women's Soccer Defeats Skagit Valley 4-0

The Shoreline Community College’s Women's Soccer Team broke a 2 game losing streak and defeated Skagit Valley College 4-0 on Saturday at the SCC Soccer Field. Stephanie Lim scored two goals and Jenny Voss and Desiree Nickell added a goal each as well.

SCC is 4-5-1 overall, 2-4-1 in the NWAACC Northern Region. SCC hosts Everett CC on Wednesday at 2:00 PM. Skagit Valley falls to 0-10-1, 0-6-1 in the region.


SCC Men’s Soccer Claims First Win of Season

The Shoreline Community College’s Men's Soccer Team claimed its first win of the season with a 3-2 win on Saturday at home. SCC scored two quick goals to open the game and scored again in the 51st minute but Skagit bounced back to score two goals to put a scare into the Dolphins. Kevin Flavin scored two goals for SCC and Daniel Drevitch add the third.

SCC is 1-7-2 overall, 1-5-2 in the Region. SCC plays Everett CC on Wednesday at 2:00 PM at the SCC Soccer Field. Skagit Valley falls to 4-5-3 overall, 0-5-1 in the region.

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Get Ready Shoreline - Ready Neighborhood & Ready Business Programs

Get Ready Shoreline is launching its local campaign as part of the national program “Take Winter By Storm” to assist with successful planning and emergency preparedness for communities at risk during storms, flooding, tsunamis, earthquakes, and landslides.

The Get Ready Shoreline program is free and accessible to Shoreline residents and businesses through a grant from the Washington State Department of Emergency Management.

The “Ready” programs are extremely important to residents and businesses vulnerable to being cut off from services during the first 72-hours of a disaster - that is why the City of Shoreline is reaching out to promote the free programs at this critical time. Additional information about this winter’s weather forecast can be found at this website.

The upcoming 2010 fall and 2011 winter months will be part of a phenomena known as “La Niña” and “the season will be especially cold, wet and could extend into spring months” according to a spokesperson with the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Seattle Times reporter Sandi Doughton wrote “With meteorologists warning a La Niña pattern is likely to bring colder, wetter and snowier conditions this year, a campaign called "Take Winter by Storm" is urging folks in the Puget Sound Region to get ready.”

Ready Neighborhood and Ready Business are just two of the free programs available, in addition to Map Your Neighborhood (see related article), as part of this winter’s National Emergency Preparedness. For more information about Map Your Neighborhood visit Washington State Military Department, Emergency Management Division, Disaster Preparedness, Map Your Neighborhood.

To sign up for programs call, write or email the City’s Program Assistant Jill Rucker at 206-801-2256,  or 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133.



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Map Your Neighborhood - MYN

The Map Your Neighborhood training, part of emergency preparedness for neighborhoods, is available to all Shoreline citizens and includes the following:


  • Introduction to Ready Neighborhood Program
  • Meet your neighbors and prepare for disasters
  • Facilitators guide and help run your neighborhood meeting
  • “Ready Packets” available for everyone
  • Review of the 9-steps to take immediately following a disaster
  • Guidelines and Assistance for Neighborhood Mapping
  • Developing your Neighborhood Map & Contact List
  • Assessing Neighborhood Skills & Equipment Inventory
  • Receiving tools for developing a shelter in home during disaster
  • Learn about Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes

Sponsored in part by the Washington Council Citizen Corps, the Emergency Management Public Education for the State of Washington, and Map Your Neighborhood – MYN.

To sign up for programs call, write or email the City’s Program Assistant Jill Rucker at 206-801-2256, or 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133. 

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Rep. Chase to hold "listening sessions" in Edmonds and Kenmore


Rep. Maralyn Chase
State Representative Maralyn Chase will hold two "Listening Sessions" for constituents.

On Monday, October 11, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, she will be at the Northshore Room of the North Shore Utility District, 6830 NE 185th Street in Kenmore 98028.

Wednesday, October 20, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, she will be in Edmonds at the Edmonds Plaza Room, 650 Main Street, Edmonds 98020.
You and your neighbors are invited to meet Maralyn, bring your questions, and discuss issues important to you.

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For a successful retirement, get a dog and join your neighborhood association

Patricia Dooley at Outdoor Movie Night
"For a successful retirement, get a dog and join your neighborhood association."

That's what Patricia Dooley advises.

She says "When I worked, I only had time for work - being at work, getting ready to go to work, commuting to and from work."

Once she retired, she wanted a different life. She had not owned an animal, feeling that it was not fair to leave one alone so much while she was at work. She wanted to be around animals before getting one of her own, so she volunteered for PAWS in Lynnwood.

"I'm there six days a week. There are usually 40 dogs and they get walked twice a day. I love being there and I help with whatever is needed."

Soon she fell in love - with a three-legged, miniature poodle she met at PAWS. She adopted him and started walking her own neighborhood with her new dog.

"When I was working, I never knew my neighbors. I started meeting people and talking to them. Soon I was volunteering for the local P-Patch."

At the P-Patch, she met a member of the Ballinger Neighborhood Association who told her that they needed a secretary for the organization. Patricia volunteered.

"The neighborhood association is wonderful," she said. "I am learning to understand my own city and learn about how things are done." She volunteers with the Bruggers' Bog weeding parties on Saturday mornings, helping to remove invasive plants and restore the wetlands. She is involved with the Friends of Aldercrest, hoping to preserve the open space for kids to play, for people and dogs to walk the track, and for Outdoor Movie Night. (see story). She is delighted that the plans were dropped which could have placed a King County jail on the site.

Patricia is fully involved in her neighborhood, her community, and her dogs. "Get a dog and join the neighborhood association," she advises, "for a happy and productive retirement."

To find out how to join your neighborhood association in Shoreline, see the Neighborhoods website.

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Evan Smith: Times endorses Baker, Ryu, Kagi

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

The Seattle Times, in a Monday editorial, endorsed Republican David Baker for 32nd District State senator and Democrats Cindy Ryu and Ruth Kagi for State representative. The editorial board of Washington’s largest newspaper had endorsed the same three candidates before the August primary.

The Times recommended Kenmore Mayor Baker over Democratic State Rep. Maralyn Chase to replace retiring Democratic State Sen. Darlene Fairley. The Times praised Baker for leading a City Council “that has managed to avoid local tax increases and even cut the city's utility tax,” noting that Kenmore recently dedicated a new City Hall, paid for in cash. The Times said that Baker would serve Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Edmonds and Woodway, better than Chase.

For the seat that Chase is vacating, the paper praised Ryu, a former Shoreline City councilwoman and mayor, for her experience in business and with local governmental financial, transportation and planning issues.

The Times said that Republican candidate Art Coday would be learning on the job, adding that State taxpayers would be subsidizing his training, training that Ryu got on the Shoreline Council.

The editorial said that incumbent Kagi has earned voters’ confidence. The Times noted Kagi’s influence as chairwoman of the House committee on early learning and children's services, which, it noted, oversees the budgets and spending for children. The editorial board said that the Legislature needs Kagi's experience and insight as it makes inevitable budget cuts.

The Times said that its endorsements of Baker, Ryu and Kagi are grounded in their practical skills serving taxpayers.

Four days earlier, the SeattlePI.com editorial board had also endorsed Ryu and Kagi but endorsed Chase over Baker for the Senate.

The endorsement of Chase came with a warning that she should curb some of her radical positions that are out of step with most mainstream Democratic legislators.

The PI called Chase “a contentious activist, carrying on feuds even within the Democratic Party.”

Nevertheless, the Seattlepi.com endorsed her as “a progressive prod in a capital where, all too often, any reform is considered not worth doing until proven otherwise.”

The web site said, “It's a tough choice” between Chase and Baker, citing Baker's “broad civic experience.”

The PI pointed to an inconstancy between Baker’s pledge to pay for quality schools, make communities safer and work for transportation improvements, and his promises to "control runaway spending" and his boasts of voting against "every proposed tax increase" as a city councilman.

The PI endorsed Chase with advice to “be more cooperative and less preachy” because “the Senate Democratic Caucus is a big tent.”

The PI said that both Ryu and Coday are “quality candidates” for the House seat Chase now holds.

The web site’s editorial board called Ryu “a prized recruit for a very difficult job.”

Republican opponent Coday, the editorial board said, “follows a familiar, contradictory line,” pledging to work for more spent in schools while saying he wants to "lower tax rates."

Seattlepi.com pointed out that the King County Municipal League has rated Kagi "Outstanding," while rating Republican opponent Gary Gagliardi as "Adequate."


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North City Neighborhood Association October Meeting

Guest speaker, Debbie Tarry, Finance Director for the City of Shoreline, will give a presentation on the November ballot measure, Proposition 1. Handouts will be available. The presentation will last about 30 minutes and will begin after regular meeting business concludes around 8pm. The public is invited.

Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Shoreline Public Library, 345 NE 175th St, small meeting room.

For more information, contact Melanie Matway, 206-420-7547 or Nan Skinner, 206-734-9289.

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Ronald Bog Park Work Party Sunday, 10/10/10


Volunteers tackle blackberry vines.  Photo courtesy Meridian Park Neighborhood.
Help remove invasive species and plant native species at Ronald Bog Park in Shoreline on Sunday, October 10.

The work party will take place on Sunday, October 10, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Co-sponsored by the City of Shoreline, Meridian Park Neighborhood Association and Landau Associates, the event is part of 350.org’s 10/10/10 Global Work Party celebration.

The City of Shoreline will provide hand tools and some gloves, but bring your own gloves and tools if you have them. 

Volunteers celebrate after a work party.  Photo courtesy MPNA
Enjoy free food, drink and live music from The Brambles, a local Shoreline band. Landau Associates will also be giving away free canvas bags to all volunteers. 

Organizers ask that if possible, volunteers RSVP.  But if not possible, everyone is still welcome to come over and join in.


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Tween Only Nights @ The Rec


The Rec Center
Tweens Ages: 5th and 6th grade only

Hang out with your friends playing pool, dodgeball, Wii, karaoke, 
doing crafts and tons of surprise activities.

All for FREE! Canned food item donations are accepted.

Date: Saturdays 10/9, 11/13, 12/11
Time: 6:00-11:00 p.m.

Fee: Free

Location: Richmond Highlands
Recreation Center
16554 Fremont Ave North
Shoreline 98133

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Destination: Washington Native Plant Society, Sunday, October 16


Native bulb, seed, and plant sale at Magnuson Park.

The Washington Native Plant Society, Central Puget Sound Chapter, will hold a Fundraising Sale on Saturday, October 16, from 10 am to 4 pm inside building 30 at Magnuson Park, 6310 NE 74th St, Seattle 98115.

Improve our local ecology one yard at a time with a selection of over 250 species of plants, bulbs and seeds native to Washington State and mostly the Puget Sound area. A selection of books will also be for sale.  Experts with WNPS will be on hand to share their knowledge.

Fall is the best time to plant your new natives to take advantage of our Northwest rainy season for over winter root growth. Please bring your own boxes or trays.

Lots of free parking plus complimentary coffee & tea.

For more information check the Website, email, or call the office at www.wnps.org – Office: 206-527-3210 – email: laweinberg@comcast.net


WNPS is a non-profit organization that uses their plant sales to fund education, restoration projects and research to conserve and sustain our local ecology through native plants.

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